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Minecraft is getting a real creepy new biome and mob, plus item bundles

By Liam Dawe, Sep 30

Minecraft Live 2024 has been and gone and with it we've been given details on the next new biome and mob coming.

Mojang give an update on the future of Minecraft development

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

Minecraft is closing in on 15 years now, and so Mojang have given an update on where things stand and what their plans are for future development.

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The Tricky Trials update is live now for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, Jun 14

Another big Minecraft update is live now with Tricky Trials bringing with it new decorative blocks, hostile mobs, items, weapons, paintings and the trial chambers.

Puppygames bring massive-scale asynchronous PvP battle simulator Battledroid to Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, May 29

Puppygames are launching a new game with Battledroid, a massively multiplayer online asynchronous PvP battle simulator that has a rather big scale to it.

Love deep sprawling roguelike RPGs? Check out The Doors of Trithius

By Liam Dawe, May 20

The Doors of Trithius from Jake Donkersgoed is a deep sprawling roguelike RPG currently in Early Access and it really looks worth a look.

Fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx is approaching the end-game

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

Songs of Syx is approaching the end-game now with a new Beta release out for version 66, which as usual has tons of changes for this massive city-building strategy game.

Minecraft v1.20.5 the Armored Paws drop update is live now

By Liam Dawe, Apr 24

Mojang have released the latest upgrade to Minecraft with the version 1.20.5 the Armored Paws drop free update out now.

Check out tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat in Slice & Dice

By Liam Dawe, Mar 25

Slice & Dice from developer Tann has recently arrived on Steam giving players a fresh tactical dice-rolling roguelike, along with Native Linux support.

Huge fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx latest massive update is out

By Liam Dawe, Jan 15

After being in Beta since mid-December, the latest big content update to the fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx is out now bringing some sweeping changes.

Begin your industrial revolution in the latest Minecraft Snapshot

By Liam Dawe, Oct 20, 2023

Now that Minecraft Live is over the developers have begun pushing out preview builds ahead of the upcoming release of Minecraft 1.21. A fresh Snapshot was just released with new features like the Crafter block.

Minecraft hits 300 million sales, update 1.21 announced with trial chambers

By Liam Dawe, Oct 16, 2023

Mojang has announced that Minecraft has now crossed over 300 million sales, and the Minecraft 1.21 update has been announced that will have some pretty fun additions. Here's a short round-up from 2023's Minecraft Live.

Minecraft Live returns October 15, you're voting for the Penguin right?

By Liam Dawe, Oct 5, 2023

Linux gamers, it's your time to shine. Minecraft Live is coming up again on October 15th where Mojang will do another vote on what mob to add next so obviously you're going to vote for the Penguin right?

Roto Force is a rotating twin-stick bullet-hell and it's glorious

By Liam Dawe, Jul 19, 2023

If you're in the need for a new game to pick up and play I can happily recommend Roto Force to you. A high-energy 2D twin-stick bullet-hell where you rotate around little arenas and it's just chaos.

Trails & Tales update out now for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, Jun 7, 2023

Time to jump back in and punch some blocks? There's quite a lot that's new for Minecraft in Trails & Tales and it all sounds pretty fun!

Iris and Sodium for Minecraft move to Modrinth away from CurseForge

By Liam Dawe, Apr 17, 2023

Do you use the popular Iris and Sodium mods for Minecraft? Well there's been a bit of an issue lately, so the developers have dropped support for CurseForge and fully moved over to Modrinth.

Minecraft 1.20 adding Archaeology, Cherry Blossom Biome and a Sniffer mob

By Liam Dawe, Feb 20, 2023

There's lots to be excited for in the upcoming Minecraft 1.20 update, with many previously announced features finally landing like Archaeology.

Unciv the open source remake of Civilization V is heading to Steam

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2022

Unciv is a popular open source remake inspired directly by Civilization V. It's been around for a while now and it's finally heading to Steam.

Mixing factory management, Tower Defense and RTS - Mindustry 7.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Nov 15, 2022

Easily one of the best open source games around, Mindustry from AnukenDev just had a MASSIVE new release out that took quite some time to make.

Minecraft on Steam Deck Guide with Prism Launcher (and gamepad support)

By Liam Dawe, Oct 21, 2022

Prism Launcher has been released for Minecraft, rising from the ashes of the controversy with PolyMC (that you should no longer use). Here's all the info on it, plus a fresh Steam Deck Guide.

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